In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then, to hang a question mark on things you have long taken for granted.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is...

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically...

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did...

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out...

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out...

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely...

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely...

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater...

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater...

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and...

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to...

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to...